Elephant in the room: resolving conflicts constructively in a team

08. December 2023

Elephant in the room: resolving conflicts constructively in a team

Most employees and managers find that a typical working day consists of too many meetings. And with that - a lot of time is wasted. Especially when there's an elephant in the room. Such elephant meetings are not only costly, but they also damage people and organisations. But how can unpleasant topics be addressed, and conflicts resolved within the team in everyday business life? And what can managers do to prevent this? I share my quintessence in this blog post.

03. April 2023

New Work in Practice: My Path to partial Self-Employment - Part 2

You know what drives you and you know your strengths that will take you unerringly to new shores? Then now is the time to put your plans into action. In Part 1 of this blog, I reported on the aspects that I had already clarified before embarking on my path to partial self-employment. Now I would like to give you a few concrete tips for implementation.

24. March 2023

New Work in Practice: My Path to partial Self-Employment - Part 1

I embarked on the New Work adventure 3 years ago, driven by the desire for more satisfaction and balance in life. Here I want to give you a little insight into how I went about it and what experiences I had along the way

11. October 2022

"To-wards" energy instead of "Away-from" ...defining and achieving goals with your strengths

This summer, I had the pleasure of working from the South of France for 5 weeks - in new work vocabulary: Workation. During this time, I was able to experience and learn something very valuable lessons for me, which I would like to share with you.

02. August 2022

Resilience as an anchor and drive on the ocean of transformation

The VUKA world is no longer an abstract spectre of large corporations. Life in permanent chaos is the (working) day new normal. The boundaries between work and private life are becoming blurred. Despite constant networking, we often feel (left) alone. "Resilience" is the magic word of the hour. The good news: it's a skill we can learn. What exactly lies behind it and why managers should build on the supposedly soft factor even in calm waters.

26. July 2022

Strengths-Based Leadership

Whether partner, parents, grandparents, or good friends: there are people who always see the good in us. Sometimes we find that a little strange. But they are only doing what we ourselves often find quite difficult to manage: they recognize, appreciate, and cultivate our natural strengths. Instead of highlighting what maybe is not running so smoothly (yet). Find out how a strength based leadership approach can let you and your team profit from looking at the world with a pair of Sunny Side Up glasses!

04. July 2022

Why team coaching is more than worth its while

Globalization and technological progress have fundamentally changed the way we work together. Change is constant and agility is the flexibility we need to live. It is the "new normal" for teams to work together on a temporary basis, usually remotely or hybrid. Team members choose their work locations and working hours flexibly. Direct contact with each other is decreasing, and people often only know their colleagues via email. So what can be done to ensure good cooperation?

15. June 2022

Coaching by colleagues

You may know the situation: You are faced with a problem and cannot find a solution, even after repeated analysis, pondering and optimisation. It can be strenuous to master a challenge alone - in private as well as in professional life. But there are methods and approaches with which challenges can be approached simply, intelligently and effectively as a team. One of these is coaching by colleagues.